yes, you either have to turn the shock around so the nut is facing the front of the car, or somehow remove the nut from the strut fork.. it sucks for me cuz i have kyb agx struts with the adjuster knob on the shock body so now its even more of a pain for me to change my damper..

 

thanks i didnt apply any extra plates, but you can get a kit from beaks that reinforces it.. its kinda unnecessary for the size bar that ST uses, its more made for the comptech and other larger bars that could more easily tear the subframe. but it couldnt hurt to reinforce it, especially if it will give you peace of mind.

 

Thx for your advice. but what I'm using is suspension techniques swaybar. i don't think there has any space for mugen reinforement plates in between of subframe and d-bracket.

 

i believe there is space available cuz otherwise they wouldn't sell it. as for me, i am going to be getting the tanabe front and rear sway bars with the underbody brace and rear lower brace from tanabe. right now, they are in the process of redesigning the sway bars with a new stronger material.. and the price will be cheaper than what it is now. so i can't wait. expected release date is in summer time.